3 Jhajjar villages get free WiFi as part of Digital India movement

GURGAON/JHAJJAR: Three villages in Jhajjar district turned into free WiFi zones as part of Digital India movement. This is the first time in Haryana that any village has received a free internet service for all residents.

BharatNet: Govt. To Offer $550 Mn Subsidy To Telecom Firms To Connect Villages Via Internet

The Government of India is planning to offer $550.2 Mn (INR 3,600 Cr) subsidy to private telecom companies through viability gap funding, in a bid to connect gram panchayats via Internet as part of the second phase of BharatNet.

BSNL Launches 3 New Plans 186, 187 & 485 with 4G Data for Prepaid Customers

BSNL (Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited) has launched 3 new plans for all prepaid customers. After targetting all postpaid customers BSNL launched the BSNL Loot Lo Offer and now BSNL once again targets all prepaid users and launched some special offers for Prepaid Users.

Jio, Airtel, Vodafone, Idea, BSNL: Best 1GB Data Per Day Plans You Can Get

Jio has upped the ante for rival telecom operators such as Airtel and Vodafone with the launch of its new 'triple cashback' offer that provides benefits worth up to Rs. 2,599.

ZTE Starts Tests With Top Telecom Companies

ZTE, the Chinese telecom gear producer, claimed that it has began carrying out pre-5G tests with top telecom companies of India such as Vodafone India, Bharti Airtel, and Reliance Jio, and aims to develop and design future techs, comprising 5G, in the market that is amid the biggest by user base in the world.

Bharat Net to connect 2.5 lakh panchayats, all set to add Rs 4.5 lakh cr to GDP, says Aruna Sundararajan

The government’s ambitious project to connect 2.5 lakh gram panchayats with high-speed broadband Bharat Net, upon completion, could add Rs 4.5 lakh crore or roughly 3.3% to India’s GDP, and trigger a “massive services revolution” in the rural areas, according to telecom secretary Aruna Sundararajan.

Public sector enterprises awash in red, loss at Rs 70,000 cr; 70 pct of this blamed on Air India

While a clear-cut policy for closure of perennially loss-making public sector units and redeployment of their assets/privatisation is yet to be spelt out by the government, these units continue to be an inexorable drain on the exchequer.